Doctrine

Prayerful cultivation of the knowledge of God leads to a greater love of Him.
As we study the depths of God’s Word, we begin to get a better glimpse of
His awesome majesty, our own unworthiness, and the immense ...Read More

The church’s greatest advancements in understanding doctrine have come
when great heresies have threatened the church. The Arian controversy
helped believers delimit the canon’s teaching on the Trinity. Crises over
justification and the authority of Scripture led to ...Read More

The passage chosen as the basis for today’s study calls the people of God to
study His law diligently and, by extension, everything that He has revealed
in the Bible. We are to examine Scripture systematically, looking at how ...Read More

Knowing about the Lord is pointless without worship and praise. After all,
the Devil knows far more about God than we do, and yet this knowledge gives
him no benefit because he refuses to bow the knee in humble adoration ...Read More

Tomorrow we will look at James’ argument in 2:14–26 more closely. Today,
be reminded that God’s Word must be consistent because the One who hates
all falsehood has revealed it. If He said one thing in Ephesians ...Read More

On the last day, God’s perfect plan will be fulfilled, and throughout the
universe, all creatures great and small will honor Christ. Our task as we
anticipate this final day is twofold. First, we must live as He has ...Read More

John Chrysostom remarks, “It is astonishing that he gave the Beloved for
those who hated him… . If even when we hated him and were enemies he
gave the Beloved, what will he not do for us now?” (Ancient Christian Commentary ...Read More

The wonder of divine election is not that God loves us because we are lovely
but that He loves us even though there is nothing lovely in us. But in choosing
us, He loves us in order to make us ...Read More

John Calvin comments, “The name of Christ excludes all merit, and everything
which men have of their own; for when he says that we are chosen in Christ,
it follows that in ourselves we are unworthy.” May we never think ...Read More

It is amazing how many people see the gospel as a way to prosper. Rank heresy guaranteeing a hundred-fold financial reward in this life for those who “name it and claim it” permeates the airwaves. Companies emblazon “Christianesque” slogans on ...Read More

It is hard to be a Christian in a culture that says the only certainty is that there is no certainty. We have a universal gospel that demands allegiance from all people without exception, and we must be clear on ...Read More

It is very easy to sing hymns in the church without paying attention to what the words are saying about God. As we offer praise to the Lord each Sunday we should also consider what it is we are saying ...Read More

John Calvin writes that those doctrines that “contribute to edification may be approved, and that those which give ground for unprofitable disputes may be rejected as unworthy of the church of God.” Though some find it a lot of fun ...Read More

Paul in Romans 14 urged the toleration of those who in error felt it was wrong to eat what they thought was unclean. If this is so, should we not also tolerate those who disagree with us over issues such ...Read More